With the small class sizes in SMU, you will get a lot more attention and help from the teaching team (which may be daunting initially, but you will soon get used to it – and hopefully appreciate it!).
I first joined SMU as a research scientist in 2015, as I wanted to be involved in the SHINESeniors project that was hosted at the School of Information Systems (SIS) in SMU. SHINESeniors uses technology to help seniors age at home independently, so I felt that it was a really meaningful project that could leverage my technical skills to help the society. Subsequently, I joined SIS as a faculty in Dec 2017, as I wanted to mentor young people, while having the opportunity to work on research topics that I was interested in.
Current modules that I teach: Introduction to Programming; Smart Cities Systems and Management; Smart Healthcare in Asia; Internet of Things: Technology and Applications (as Adjunct Teaching Mentor). Research areas of interest: Smart cities, Internet of Things (IoT), smart healthcare, systems architecture and design, embedded systems, and wireless networking.
When we were working on the SHINESeniors research project in SMU, we instrumented the homes of about 100 seniors, with sensors that would help to unobtrusively monitor the seniors’ daily living patterns, to allow them to age at home safely and independently. We had quite a few cases whereby the technology triggered alerts that enabled the seniors to receive timely help when required. This was a highlight because it was then and there that I could see the real impact of our research work in helping people.
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